paper	Synthesis 1991; 1991: 234 DOI: 10.1055/s-1991-26431
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Titanium(IV) Isopropoxide-Catalyzed Formation of 1-Substituted Cyclopropanols in the Reaction of Ethylmagnesium Bromide with Methyl Alkanecarboxylates
Oleg G. Kulinkovich*, Sergei V. Sviridov, Dmitry A. Vasilevski
*Department of Chemistry, Belorussian State University, Leninsky prospekt, 4, Minsk 220080, USSR

1-Substituted cyclopropanols 2 are formed in high yields in the titanium(IV)isopropoxide-catalyzed reaction of esters 1 with ethylmagnesium bromide.